This Act places restrictions on the trespass on private land for various purposes, prohibits unlawful occupation or taking of possession of land by squatters and defines legal action and penalties in case of unlawful trespass on land or occupation or taking possession of land. Trespass on enclosed cultivated land without a lawful authority and trespass on unenclosed land for purposes of damaging or destroying trees or taking of any fruit or root are declared to be an offence. Some provisions of the Act provide rules relative to trespass by cattle.
Jamaica · 1851-01-01